Ahhh, Catholic schools.
They either leave you holier than you were when you went in, or you emerge feral, traumatised, with 40 per cent of your brain rotted to goo.
In my case, it was the latter.
Morning uniform checks, teachers replacing the curriculum with mindless, religious ranting and the general perversion of students’ business – nothing says “God’s strongest soldier” quite like being taught Pythagoras Theorem by misogynists, racists and pedophiles.
That’s not to say that all Catholic schooling in Australia is bad, nor that all Catholic school kids have had bad experiences. Much of the cooked shit happens case by case, but there is a general understanding of Catholic education and what you will be taught.
Attending Catholic school and learning anything is a win in itself. But often the personal opinions and radical ideologies harboured there – from homosexuality is a sin, to abortion will land you in hell,…
